Lytro Website Goes to Life Support Mode as Company Winds Down After Google Acquisition
Lytro, the company that pivoted to enterprise-focused applications of its light-field technology after leaving its commercial camera business, is shutting down after a reported $40M acquisition by Google. Now the company is apparently winding down its business by reducing...
Preview: ‘Carly & the Reaperman’ Plays Like a Co-op Version of ‘Moss’
Odd Raven Studios’ first major title is the VR puzzle-platformer Carly & the Reaperman – Escape from the Underworld. While there is a single player option, it has been designed as an asymmetrical co-op experience, with one player in...
Google Demonstrates Promising Low-cost, Mobile Inside-out Controller Tracking
A number of standalone VR headsets will be hitting the market in 2018, but so far none of them offer positional (AKA 6DOF) controller input, one of the defining features of high-end tethered headsets. But we could see that...
Oculus Affrims ‘Echo Combat’ is an ‘Echo Arena’ Expansion, Details to Come at E3
In the Echo Arena update this week a blocked off section of the new lobby says 'Echo Combat – Under Construction', suggesting that the upcoming zero-G VR FPS would remain an expansion of Echo Arena rather than a separate game....
Researchers Exploit Natural Quirk of Human Vision for Hidden Redirected Walking in VR
Researches from Stony Brook University, NVIDIA, and Adobe have devised a system which hides so-called 'redirected walking' techniques using saccades, natural eye movements which act like a momentary blindspot. Redirected walking changes the direction that a user is walking...
Report: Apple Developing AR/VR Headset with 8K Resolution Per-eye Slated for 2020
According to a report by CNET, citing an anonymous "person familiar with Apple's plans," the company is working on an AR/VR headset targeting 8K resolution per-eye, scheduled for launch in 2020.
As Apple continues to hire, file patents, and buy up...
‘Beat Saber’ Developer Confirms Plans for Color Blind Mode, Soundtrack Release
Beat Saber, the hotly anticipated VR rhythm game launching May 1st, relies heavily upon colors to guide players in striking the correct notes. For those with color blindness, this could make the game more challenging. Fortunately the developer has...
Mozilla’s ‘Hubs’ is the One-click VR Meeting Space I’ve Been Waiting For
As part of Mozilla's ongoing efforts to make VR a first-class citizen on the web, the company today announced Hubs, a WebVR-based social experience which makes for effortless, one-click creation of virtual spaces which anyone can join—from smartphones desktop browsers...
VRLA’s John Root on AR, Privacy, & eSports in VR
John Root co-founded VRLA with Cosmo Scharf in 2014, and it has organically grown into a thriving VR event with over 10,000 attendees at the Los Angeles Convention Center. VRLA is a non-profit where funding from sponsors helps...
Virtual Builds is Offering SteamVR Tracking Development Kits & Expertise
Virtual Builds, a company spinning out of ASIC engineering firm Noisefigure Research, is a new entrant now selling SteamVR Tracking development hardware. With a full DIY kit starting at $200, Virtual Builds aims to make SteamVR Tracking more accessible...
